I finally have the audio gear I need to do decent voice recordings. I received the Studio Projects B1 Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone but could not get any sound out of it. That microphone requires phantom power which the PreSonus Firebox should be able to provide. I finally figured out that I had the wrong kind of microphone cable for a microphone that requires phantom power. I had a CBI HiZ Microphone Cable which uses a ΒΌ” phone plug. Phantom power cannot be delivered through that kind of plug. I had to buy a Whirlwind MC20 XLR Microphone Cable which has male and female XLR connectors.
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| CBI HiZ Microphone Cable | Whirlwind MC20 XLR Microphone Cable |
I still need to lower the pitch by one semi-tone and then normalize the gain to get my voice to sound natural and loud.
I now have the book Creating Motion Graphics With After Effects: Volume 1: The Essentials by Trish and Chris Meyer. This book is around 500 pages and the material appears to require a lot of trial and error so I’ll probably only master a few techniques.
